DL Open Thread: Sun., Aug. 11, 2019
Why Is DNC Chair Stifling Debate On Climate Change? Pretty much every D wants a debate but the chair.
Gaffe-Machine Joe Keeps On ‘Gaffe-in’. Seriously, he doesn’t have it. He can’t be the nominee.
This Sounds Like A TV Show Worth Watching. Are any of you fans of ‘Succession’?
Yes, Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan To Stem Gun Violence. It’s a good one, and she can take action on some proposals on Day One. I’m all in. I think.
Matt Bittle Unveils Delaware’s Serial Lobbyists. This is must-reading for anyone who wants to understand why the General Assembly sucks. By far the biggest lobbyist?: Wayne Smith’s Delaware Healthcare Association.
What do you want to talk about?
Like Warren’s plan, but would substitute requiring insurance on gun ownership as opposed to a big tax hike as a tax hike of any sort plays into the Republicans hands. Now is the time to strike, as usual the NRA is playing it’s lie low game until the heats over game, it’s been effective in the past and may be so again. But the frequency of the assorted massacres is picking up with little time for the electorate to go back to sleep and ignore the violence, perhaps there’s a chance this time. Perhaps.
The new Martin Scorsese film “The Irishman” is based on a book, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” about crooked Teamster boss Frank Sheeran that was written by Delaware author and former prosecutor Charles Brandt. Because it’s a Scorsese mob movie it’s getting a lot of press, not all of it good. This piece dismantles the veracity of Sheeran’s “confessions.”
https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/the-irishman-scorsese-netflix-movie-true-story-lies.html
In the highly-unlikely event that some of you missed my Fave Tunes Of The Month post, this song, written by Robbie Robertson and performed by Robertson and Van Morrison, was written for the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljzp3E4mqd0
I have a signed copy of Brandt’s book from over ten years ago when he was at Browseabout Books.
I wonder if the movie will include Sheeran’s involvement in one of Biden’s elections back in the day, where The News Journal wasn’t distributed for a week prior to the election?